Car-roof construction.



No. 814,743. PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

G. STBINMEYER, Sx.. CARROOF CONSTRUCTION.

US'iAV STCEhlh/iEYEit, SR., F ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI.

CARHFZOF CNSTRUCTlGN.

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Specification of Letters 19a/tent.

Patented Maren 1s, 190e.

ippiicaaonined August so. 1965. sans No, 276,411.

To ctZZ' whom t may, concern:

Be it known thatI, Gs'rAv STEINMEYER, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis1 State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car- Roof ilonstructions, oi which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in car-roof construction; andit-consists in the novel construction of roei` more fully set forth inthe speciiication and pointe-d out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a transverse vertical section taken throughthe car-roof on the line l l of Fig. 2, showing my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a top pian oic Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end. view oi Fig.l. Fig. l is a vertical section taken through the carline on the line 4.4.- oi Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail showing the center oi thecarline With reinforcing-plate and ridge-pole, the latter being insection; and Fig. e is a detail of the end of the carline andreinforcingpiat'e, the side plate of the car-roeic being in section.

The present invention has relation to improvements in roof constructionsfor 'freight and other cars, and has lor its object to eHect a rigidconnection between the carline and side platos of the car, to providesuitable means for reinforcing the cailine, to provide Asuitable meansfor retaining the ridge-pole and filler-blocks 1n position, to provide acarline which will correspond with the pitch of the roof, and to presentfurther and other advantages better apparent from a detailed descriptionof the invention, which is as iollows:

Refer-rimT to the drawin vs l re resents the b b l nprights or studs ofthe car-body, and '2 the side platos of the roof, both of the usualconstruction. The carline 3 in the present instance is a channel-barhaving sloping terminals a. (t, conliorming to the pitch of the rooi',and a central horizontal portion l for the support of the ridge-pole 4and the iillerblocks 5. The opposite ends of the channelcarlineterminate in. Walls or Wings 6, which depend below the edges of theilangcs of the channel, said wings abutting against the inner facesofthe side plates 2 and bolted thereto. The upper iace of the web of thechannel is reinforced by a. plate 7, resting on the web oi the terminalsc e and conforming to the slope of said terminals, the sloping portionsof the plate 7 being depressed at the center oi the plate into a yoke orsaddle 7 for the reception of the ridge-pole 4, the latter resting inthe saddle and being bolted to the web of the central horizontalportion?) oi' the carline. The plate 7 is riveted to the web of thechannel 3, its opposite ends 7 being deflected downwardly over the outerfaces of the side plates 2 when the parts 6 and 7 are coupled to theside plates by the same bolts 55. The purlins are represented by 9. Suchparts as may be shown, but to which no reference is herein made, areeither old or fell known and forni no part of my present invention.

The parts il and 7 form, forked terminals Afor the carline, the membersoi' the fork emlracing the top and sides of the side plates 2 andinsuring rigid and strong grip thereon. T he plate 7 reinforces thecarline and at the saine time serves to center and secure theridge-pole.

Having claim is- 1. ln a car-roof construction, a carline having slopingterminals and central horizontal portion, and a reinforcing-platesecured to the sloping terminals and spaced 'from the central portion,substantially as set forth.

2. in oar-roel" construction, a carline having sloping terminals and acentral horizontal portion, reinforcing-plate secured to the slopingterminals and spaced from the central portion, and a centrally-depressedsaddle formed in the reinforcing-plate, substantially as forth.

3. ln a car-roof construction, a carline comprising a. channel-barhaving sloping terminals and a central horizontal portion, areinforcing-plate secured to the outer faces ofthe Web ol' the slopingterminals of the carline, and .conforming to thc slope of said portions,a cenorally-depressed saddle fori-ned in the reinforcing-plate, aridge-polo resting in said saddle, the ends ol' the reinforcing-plateextending beyond the carline and having depending (loller-.tod portions,and side plates confined between said depending portions and theadjacent ends ofthe carline, substantially is set forth.

Ll. in a car-roof construction, a carline comprising a channel-barhaving a .central horizontal portion, and sloping terminalscorredescribed my invention, what I IOO vspending to the-pitch of thecar-roof, a reining to the slfpeof said portions, a centrallyde ressedsa die resting With its base on the We of the central portion of theoarline, a ridge-pole embraced and lcentered by said saddle, the ends ofthe reinforcing-plate extending beyond' the carline and having dependingterminals, terminal depending Wings at opposite ends of carline, a sideplate con fined between| the Wings, the reinforcingplates and theirdepending' terminals, and securing-bolts passed through the Wings, sideplates and dependingtlu-'millalsof tlie rein--kv owing-plates,substantially las set forth.

U 5. In a car-roei constructioii,-a carlinehav- 1n sloping terminalsand. a central horizonta portiomareinforcing-plate secured to thesloping terminals and s aced; from the centra said space, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof, I-afx my signature.

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